Social Media

This category houses the posts I’ve done on social media. More specifically, I tend to write about Twitter and Facebook. For me, Twitter is more of a business aspect of online marketing while Facebook lies in the “personal use” category.

Feel free to read through the posts below and follow me on twitter if you’d like. But beware that my tweet stream tends to contain profanity and rants.

Sometimes I take my knowledge of social media for granted. Because the truth is that while everyone under the age of 18 has never known a world without internet or cell phones, most parents have a hard time keeping up. My work requires me to use and ... Read More

Last week, my husband and I were talking about Google+ - mainly the multiple statements made by Google about where they hope to take Google+ as far as how they'd ideally (and eventually) like to roll it into being an algo factor.
I'm a HEAVY user ... Read More

[Note from Rae - Since I'm at SMX West for the week, we have another great guest post today - this time from Dave Snyder of CopyPress. He's going to discuss his experience with Crowdfunding. Cheers!]
On March 1, 2013 a group of people sat in the ... Read More

If you're like me, a magpie drawn to anything with a little bling, then Pinterest is the social media platform for you. Not one to ignore a sexy pair of designer shoes or the Fifty Shades of Grey inspired fashion (yes, someone's probably on top of ... Read More

People like something to complain about. Yesterday's darling (Pinterest) has been coming under fire for (gasp) monetizing their website. While myself (and many other affiliates) had noticed Pinterest's monetization model not long after the site ... Read More

About two weeks ago Amanda, netmeg and I ended up having a twitter conversation with @detroitlions on Twitter.
We were immediately impressed with their Twitter account and their willingness to engage with their fans. I even followed them even ... Read More

About a year ago I did a case study on the use of Twitter by BBGeeks.com - a site I own about BlackBerry phones. We were using Twitter as sort of a guerrilla marketing tactic to increase traffic to our site and more importantly, promote our ... Read More

This morning I set up a site with it’s own URL “shortening service” so to speak and some folks thought you guys might want to know how I did it. With all the talk of Tweet-Jacking and concerns regarding the branding you’re doing for URL shortening ... Read More

A few weeks ago, I was attempting to point out how much time Streko spent on Twitter (whether or not I spend more time than him on Twitter is irrelevant) and after a number of calculations, gave it to him in actual "time".
He thought it would make ... Read More

Or do they just not trust you? As you may have heard, Twitter recently decided to "nofollow" links left in the "bio" section of user profiles.
The "web" link has long been a nofollow link, but the bio links passed popularity until Dave Naylor ... Read More

Ok, so, I have been doing a little redesigning on Sugarrae as you all have probably noticed and I added the user photo plugin. The plugin will show pictures for commenters and authors - and since I have a lot of guest posts, I went to grab some ... Read More

Anytime someone asks how a business can use Twitter effectively, most people point to the twitter accounts of big brands like Comcast and Zappos.
While both companies are definitely standout examples of how you can use Twitter for business, you ... Read More